Call me a freak, but I always thought it would be fun to live in a really small apartment. Like, not prison-cell small, but small-by-American-standards small. When I moved to New York City, I got my wish: a perfect little studio apartment, blessed with an unbeatable location in downtown Manhattan, and exactly zero closets. It's been wonderful, occasionally challenging, and I've learned a lot. We shape our homes, but they also shape us, and living in a small space magnifies these...